Chapter 941: Ambush
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It is impossible for 3,000 cavalry to completely hide the traces, but the fact that 3,000 cavalry can climb the city wall is already a victory.
When the screams of the sentry pierced Wuyuan, hundreds of thousands of troops began to make earth-shattering shouts of killing, and at the same time, the three thousand cavalry soldiers divided into two ways and began to rush back and forth on the city wall unscrupulously.
At the same time, more than 100,000 Han infantry, followed by hundreds of red bulls, rushed into Tongzhou City like a torrent of steel.
This time, the Red Bulls split up, crashing straight through the already broken gates, and then, three or five together, rushed forward along the streets, and behind them, there was a tidal wave of Han troops.
The dense Han infantry crowded the streets, even if there were occasional Crusader cavalry rushing out, first being hit by the red bull and turning people on their backs, and then, in the blink of an eye, they were slashed and killed by the Han infantry who rushed over, and they had no power to fight back.
More and more crusaders woke up from their sleep, disheveled, scurrying around the city like headless flies, but soon they were drowned in the crowd.
This Han army, although there are a lot of recruits, but the total number of more than 130,000, not including more than 3,000 cavalry, already has an absolute advantage in numbers, plus the sudden sneak attack and hundreds of invincible red bulls, plus the crusaders did not ride horses, against 70,000 crusaders, the victory of the Han Empire, there is no suspense.
Leave no mouth alive!
Don't take prisoners!
This was an order given by Zhang Laosan, and in the face of this order, Zhou Sen pretended not to hear it.
Although Zhou Sen is on the list of bandits, in fact, he is not a brutal person, but at the same time, Zhou Sen is not a kind person, he knows the current environment very well, the crusade is an expedition, there is almost no supply of soldiers, kill one and one less, if you let go, the other party can turn around and slaughter the Han soldiers on horseback, as for the capture, it is a burden, not to mention eating, but also to arrange people and places to accept them, the gains outweigh the losses.
When the Han soldiers poured into Tongzhou City, this was no longer a battle, but a one-sided massacre, more than 70,000 crusaders, and only 100 escaped, and these nearly 100 people were deliberately let go by Zhou Sen.
The massacre continued until noon the next day, when the head of the last crusader in Tongzhou City was cut off, and the entire city of Tongzhou suddenly fell into a dead silence.
More than 70,000 people.
More than 70,000 lives.
Now, it has become 70,000 mutilated corpses.
"Mountains of corpses" and "rivers of blood" are no longer enough to describe the tragic scene of Tongzhou City.
The corpses of the crusaders, stretching from the street to the end of the street, were mixed with the ice and snow, forming a piece of crimson ice, and the occasional piece of white snow, but it looked unusually striking and terrifying.
This massacre in Tongzhou City was the largest casualty of the Crusaders since the outbreak of the war in the Han Empire......
When the bloody and brutal massacre was over, the trembling people dared to take to the streets, and immediately, they were stunned by the scene in front of them......
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Zhou Sen's army quietly withdrew, but quietly killed back.
This time, there were no cheers or shouts, because everyone was shocked by the endless corpses.
In the face of the war machine, life is extremely fragile......
That night, the casualties of the Han army came out.
27,000 were killed and more than 2,000 wounded.
This casualty ratio shocked Zhou Sen, you know, this time the return of the rifle can be said to be deliberate, the crusaders almost did not have the slightest resistance, but still caused nearly 30,000 casualties.
However, Zhang Laosan was very satisfied with this casualty ratio, and the reason they gave was very simple, because at least half of the recruits among the thirteen Han soldiers, many of them took up arms for the first time to fight, and casualties were inevitable.
Zhou Sen's move back to the carbine, its impact was extremely far-reaching, not only killing and injuring the crusaders' living force, but also strangling the crusaders near Tongzhou City, which greatly relieved the pressure of the local resistance forces, gained living space, and began to flourish.
In addition to the direct attack on the crusaders, the two battles of Tongzhou City, a large number of war horses were captured, especially this victory, more than 50,000 war horses were captured, and such a large-scale number of war horses provided conditions for the Han Empire to establish a cavalry team.
The next day, that night, Zhou Sen arranged for people to send most of the war horses to Zhenshui Pass.
Compared with Tongzhou City, Zhenshui Pass needs war horses more, and Zhenshui Pass has strategic depth and is safer.
The great victory of Tongzhou City soon spread throughout the entire Han Empire, and this news made the cold Han Empire seem to have arrived in spring in advance, and the people of the Han Dynasty rushed to tell each other, especially the local resistance forces, which were even more excited.
For the rebels in the Crusader-occupied areas, any victory of the Han Empire was exciting.
Zhou Sen's prestige became more and more resounding in the Han Empire, and he also became a benchmark figure in the resistance to the crusaders.
When Zhou Sen won successive victories in Tongzhou City, Wuchao City also took a series of military actions to cooperate.
As early as when Zhou Sen was still marching in the snowfield, General Wu Yuan received a letterhead from Yunhai Jin.
Originally, General Wu Yuan was going to cooperate with Zhou Sen to fight, but for the sake of safety, General Wu Yuan still delayed for a few days, and it was not until Zhou Sen captured Tongzhou City that Wuchao City launched a large-scale military operation.
The Tanburgh Barracks, the Maple Grove Barracks, the Jiudaogui Barracks, and the three Barracks, echoed each other from afar, and with the Hun cavalry as the intermediate force, they began to launch a series of military operations against the surrounding Crusader Rangers.
In order to avoid the expansion of the power of Wuchao City, General Gore did not back down and immediately returned the favor.
In the ice and snow, the Han Empire and the Crusaders, launched a brutal bloody fight, fighting, there was no final victor, although the Hun cavalry was brave and good at fighting, but it was impossible to defeat General Gore's army through a few battles.
Wuchao City has become a huge meat grinder with a radius of hundreds of miles, and the scale of soldiers invested by both sides is getting bigger and bigger, and the number of soldiers dying on the battlefield every day has skyrocketed......
Just when the Han army and the crusaders in Wuchao City were in a tug-of-war, the news of Zhou Sen's abandonment of Tongzhou City was transmitted to Wuchao City, which greatly damaged the morale of Wuchao City.
Before he could figure out the situation that Zhou Sen was facing, Wuchao City ended this battle that was not long and extremely terrifying, and began to take a wait-and-see posture.
The Han army retreated to Wuchao City to watch, which made the nervous crusader captain breathe a long sigh of relief, after all, no one wants to fight outside in this bad weather......
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When Zhou Sen killed a beautiful horse pistol and the news of the heavy damage to the crusaders reached Wuchao City again, the entire Wuchao City was boiling, and the soldiers were in a state of war.
General Wu Yuan lost no time in sending troops again and engaged in a hard-fought war of attrition against the camp of the crusaders.
The war of attrition in the era of cold weapons was terrifying, and in the ice and snow wasteland outside Wuchao City, the armies of the Crusaders and the Han Empire were once again caught in a bloody tug-of-war.
It's a brutal winter.
Every day, thousands of people are killed or wounded.
Within a hundred kilometers outside Wuchao City, sneak attacks, ambushes, and frontal charges have become commonplace......
General Gore is under unprecedented pressure.
The morale of the Han army became more and more vigorous, but the crusaders, because they did not have the advantage of the black-winged Kunpeng, became more and more war-weary.
Now, General Gore still has nearly 10,000 black-winged Kunpeng under his command, but he no longer dares to release these heavenly forces that he once made him proud, because the Han Empire has found a way to deal with black-winged Kunpeng.
The archers led by Van Nick roamed the vast snowfield like ghosts, and they became the nemesis of the black-winged Kunpeng.
In the early stage of the confrontation between the two armies, the Crusaders lost only a few dozen Black-Winged Kunpeng every day, but the number began to increase dramatically over time, and at the peak, the number of Black-winged Kunpeng lost as many as hundreds, which was no longer something that General Gore could bear.
Just when the battle situation in Wuchao City was becoming more and more tragic, that is, on the seventh day when Zhou Sen captured Tongzhou City again, Wuchao City suddenly received news that more than 100,000 Han troops in Tongzhou City suddenly withdrew again.
Like last time, this time, Zhou Sen's evacuation was still quiet, and when the people of Tongzhou City opened the door in the morning, the originally crowded city became empty again.
More than 100,000 Han troops disappeared without the slightest warning.
At the beginning, many people thought that Zhou Sen was only temporarily evacuated like last time, but careful people soon found that this time Zhou Sen's evacuation was very thorough, not only to take away some heavy equipment, but also to move the grain in the granary, and the military materials that could not be taken away were also burned.
Tongzhou City has become an empty city, an empty city without defense.
An army of more than 100,000 trekked one foot deep and one foot shallow in the gray and cold snowfield.
No one knew why Zhou Sen suddenly ordered the evacuation of Tongzhou City, this order came so suddenly, even Zhang Laosan and a group of senior generals didn't know.
When Wuchao City learned that Zhou Sen had evacuated Tongzhou City, it was already the seventh day, but in fact, Zhou Sen had only stayed in Tongzhou City for five days.
In the early morning of the fifth day, more than 100,000 troops were ordered to evacuate Tongzhou City.
Fifty miles after leaving the city of Tongzhou, this army, which had won two battles in succession and whose morale was high, immediately divided into three routes and began to advance in three directions.
Just like last time, Zhou Sen sent all the masters around him, including a group of monsters, to start hunting the Crusader's scouts.
Three armies disappeared into the vast white world out of thin air......
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The fall of Tongzhou City, the shock of the Orange Island Giant Spirit God is beyond measure.
As one of the commanders of the four armies, the Djinn God had absolute dominating power, and in just three days, he requisitioned an army of 100,000.
The giant spirit god's hatred for Zhou Sen can no longer be described with pen and ink.
Only since Zhou Sen occupied Zhenshui Pass, the Giant Spirit God has not had a good night's sleep, because, the negative effect of Zhenshui Pass, there are more and more underground resistance forces in the Han Empire, which makes the Giant Spirit God anxious and suppressed everywhere.
The two falls of Tongzhou City caused the Crusaders to lose more than 100,000 elites, which made the Giant Spirit God more and more unbearable.
In the end, the giant spirit divine power overrode public opinion and decided to personally conquer Tongzhou City, vowing to hang Zhou Sen's head on Tongzhou City.
An army of 100,000 people, wearing stars and moons, rushed to Tongzhou City with murderous spirit.
On the seventh day, the giant spirit god rushed to Tongzhou City, but what made the giant spirit god dumbfounded was that Tongzhou City had become an empty city.
At the beginning, the giant spirit god thought that there was an ambush, and after several temptations, it was certain that Zhou Sen had already evacuated Tongzhou City and did not know where to go.
In order to find out Zhou Sen's whereabouts, the giant spirit god tortured countless Tongzhou people, but as a result, nothing was found.
In order to determine the direction of Zhou Sen's army, the Djinn God sent a large number of black-winged Kunpeng and scouts, but either they found nothing, or they went and never returned.
The vast snowfield has become a huge trap, constantly devouring life.
Dressed in iron armor, the giant spirit god sitting on the chair was like a majestic mountain, he fell into a bitter thought, and his intuition told him that Zhou Sen must have a plan, but he couldn't think of the reason why Zhou Sen evacuated Tongzhou City.
In fact, it's not just the giant spirit god who can't figure it out, but even his group of think tank teams can't communicate with each other, you know, this day is freezing, and it is impossible for hundreds of thousands of troops to hide in the wasteland for a long time, even if they are not starved to death, they must freeze to death.
"General, will the bandit Zhou Sen go to Orange Island?" An officer gave his opinion.
"To Orange Island?" The giant spirit god sneered, "You are an idiot to be the undefeated god of war of the Han Empire!" Now, although Zhou Sen has more than 100,000 infantry, but only a small number of cavalry, this goes to Orange Island, hundreds of miles all the way, isn't it to die? Besides, even if he goes to Orange Island, this road is far away, and the news will definitely be leaked, and when the time comes, Ben will go straight down and form a situation of outflanking, he Zhou Sen, still has a way to live? ”
"What the general said is very true." A staff member nodded and said: "Zhou Sen seems to be deliberately trying to hide his traces, however, this snowstorm weather, the weather is cold, unless they stay in one place and do not move, as long as they take military action, they will definitely show their feet, so if they want to sneak attack Orange Island, it is impossible at all, besides, Orange Island is strong and strong, as long as Zhou Sen leads the army to enter, it is tantamount to throwing himself into the net, and he will definitely encounter attacks from all directions, and he thinks that Zhou Sen may be ......."
"Something to say!" Seeing that the staff member looked like he wanted to say something, the giant spirit god was a little impatient.
"Zhou Sen may want to repeat his old trick and sneak attack Tongzhou City."
"What do you mean by that?" The body of the giant spirit god shook.
"This Tongzhou City is seriously damaged, now there is a cold winter, the city wall is frozen by ice, and the lack of stone materials cannot be repaired in a short time, that is to say, this Tongzhou City, in fact, is an undefended city, although we have 100,000 troops, but, the other party has a group of red bulls brought out of the dark forest, charging into battle, invincible, as if they took advantage of our unpreparedness, killed into Tongzhou, the consequences are unimaginable!"
"That's a mistake!" A staff member shook his head in disagreement, "The last time Zhou Sen evacuated Tongzhou City, he was ready to come back, and some strategic materials were sealed and not taken away, but this time, he not only took away all the materials, but even some that were not taken away were burned, which shows that he never thought about coming back." ”
"What if burning military supplies is just a tactic for the soldiers?" The staff member at the beginning retorted.
"This ......"
"I think that no matter what conspiracy and tricks the bandit Zhou Sen has, it must revolve around Tongzhou City, and this Tongzhou City should not stay for a long time, so it is better to give up altogether."
"No way!"
The Djinn God flatly refused.
For the Giant Spirit God, Tongzhou City is not only a dilapidated city, but also a spiritual symbol, if Zhou Sen is really likely to kill back, then he should stay here.
If Zhou Sen doesn't come back and gives up Tongzhou City, wouldn't it be ridiculous to the world, and the Han people will think that he was scared away by Zhou Sen's prestige.
"What's the news on the scouts?" The Djinn God asked.
"After careful inspection, Zhou Sen may retreat in three directions, because the wind and snow are too strong, and some traces are mostly covered, and it is impossible to determine which way it is." A soldier with a solemn face.
"Three-way ...... Why Threeway? The Djinn God looked puzzled.
"General, I think that this is Zhou Sen's trick to confuse, let the general lead the army to chase in one direction, and then, ambush ......"
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A group of staff members discussed nonsense, but in the end, they did not discuss a specific countermeasure, but all of them believed that it was necessary to strengthen the defense of Tongzhou City, at least, not to concentrate all the soldiers and horses in Tongzhou City, so as to avoid the annihilation of the whole army due to a sneak attack.
The giant spirit god accepted the suggestion of a group of staff, set up camp outside Tongzhou City, and scattered the 100,000 troops, such a layout, even if Zhou Sen suddenly attacked, it would not lose too much, and it could form a distant echo trend, if Zhou Sen sneak attacked, it could form an outflanking at the first time.
Ten days!
It's been ten full days.
An infantry led by Zhou Sen hid in a valley blocked by heavy snow and remained unmoved.
The other two armies of soldiers and horses, one stationed in the original small town, and the other was cavalry, more than 20,000 people, galloped all the way to Orange Island.
Finally, Zhou Sen, who had been nesting in the valley for ten days, began to act.
However, it was not the Han infantry that launched the first operation, but more than 500 Red Bulls.
More than 500 red bulls, under the leadership of the Tongtian Divine Mouse, rushed towards Tongzhou City.
This time, it was not a quiet rush, but a reckless rush in broad daylight, all the way to see the mountains hitting the mountains, seeing the river wading through the river, flying sand and rocks, the momentum rushed, as if the sky collapsed and the earth cracked.
The distance between the five hundred Red Bulls and Tongzhou City will take at least more than a day to arrive, and no one understands why Zhou Sen wants to let the Red Bulls run so wildly, because it is completely possible to take a surprise attack after approaching Tongzhou City.
After the 500 red bulls left, Zhou Sen led 80,000 infantry to march in another direction.
After more than two hours of rapid marching, Zhou Sen reached his destination, a wide glacier, and in front of the glacier was a vast plain.
80,000 infantry, began to dig traps on a large scale.
It is undoubtedly quite difficult to dig a trap on a snowy field, but the biggest advantage of digging a trap in a snowfield is that it is very hidden, because the snowfall can quickly hide all traces.
All sorts of traps, stumbling ropes, traps, stretching for miles across the snowfields up to the banks of the glaciers.
The banks of the glacier are one of the most important traps.
The glacier has been completely frozen, but Zhou Sen dug a trench five meters wide and five meters deep in the middle of the glacier, and the ditch was covered with bamboo strips, supported by wooden pillars, and then placed with white snow, poured cold water, and condensed into solid ice.
At this time, Zhou Sen's purpose was already self-evident.
The soldiers were so excited that they seemed to see thousands of crusaders falling into those traps one by one......
This is the path of the Crusaders!
Through meticulous reconnaissance, Zhou Sen found that when the Crusaders rushed to the aid of Tongzhou City twice, they passed through here, especially the Crusaders from the direction of Orange Island, without exception, all passed through this glacier.
According to the map, this road is the best road to take from Orange Island to Tongzhou City.
As the saying goes, there is a lot of strength in numbers, and 80,000 people is not enough to move mountains and seas, but it is easy to dig enough traps.
In just two days, a huge chain of traps five miles wide and two miles long, showing a semicircle, was completed.
This semi-circular shape is ingenious, forming a C-shaped encirclement, and as long as the Crusader cavalry penetrates deep into the circle, unless you turn back, no matter in that direction, there will be a trap.
Now, just wait for the crusaders themselves to come to the door.
No one understood why Zhou Sen was so sure that the Crusaders would pass through this road immediately, and if the Crusaders held on to Tongzhou City, there would be no return for their efforts.
Just when Zhou Sen led 80,000 people to desperately dig traps, more than 20,000 cavalry had already rushed to the small town near Orange Island, dispersed into several squads, and began to attack the crusaders stationed in the small town.
Only after the fall of the Han Dynasty, the Crusaders stationed some rangers in some small towns to monitor the local people, most of these rangers were between thirty and fifty people, and in slightly larger towns, there would be more than a thousand.
This Han cavalry, which numbered more than 20,000, was divided into dozens of squads, mostly maintained at about 500 people, although the number was not large, but it constituted an absolute advantage over the rangers stationed in those small towns.
The game of cat and mouse is played out hundreds of miles outside of Orange Island.
Raids, assassinations, burning, and non-stop staging, Orange Island sent troops to surround and intercept everywhere......
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